Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 21:00:59 EDT From: Kathleen Kuhn RN BSN IBCLC <[log in to unmask]> Subject: umbilical cords on longer while breastfeeding? Lactnetters, An LC collegue of mine just shared with me that a mother she was working with was told that the cord stump stays on breastfed babies longer than formula fed babies. I searched the archives and could not find anything on this. Has anyone else seen heard this and if so were does it come from? I have never heard of this, my home birthed, breastfed baby's cord fell off on day 3. (we could do an informal survey on the list, but I think we'd be heavy on the breastfed baby population!) Janette *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html